State of the Union
They’re larger than life, these men and women of the Old West who are part of America’s history and its legacy. They were bigger and braver, outrageous and bodacious, mean and mighty—take your pick. If history were static and if icons were honestly painted, we’d...
State of the Union
They’re larger than life, these men and women of the Old West who are part of America’s history and its legacy. They were bigger and braver, outrageous and bodacious, mean and mighty—take your pick. If history were static and if icons were honestly painted, we’d...
He Speaks the Language
Larry Jay Martin did a lot of living before settling down and getting serious about his writing career. “I’ve been plane wrecked, car wrecked, boat wrecked, horse and mule wrecked a dozen times or more, and damn near wrecked by everything but a train,” he says. His...
On the Trail of Wild Bill Hickok
May 27, 1837: A son, James Butler, the fifth child was born to William Alonzo and Polly Butler Hickok of Homer (later Troy Grove), Illinois. 1856: Nineteen-year-old James Butler Hickok left the family home with brother Lorenzo, heading for Kansas Territory to farm;...
True West March/April 2025
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